1. (

• subdivision

) an area composed of subdivided lots ;

2. (

• subdivision

) the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided ;

3. (

• branch ,
• subdivision ,
• arm

) a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" ;

4. (

• section ,
• subdivision

) a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" ;

5. (

• subsection ,
• subdivision

) a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided ;